?dells rh°q,dbeblind t°" the fourth Sunday inLent. er,26. thingbuttoCouetbufnea. circumfpeaand careful], that not fo muchas the4eaft fparizxé thereoflight bpon him. PaulusScaligerfaith ; That the ,Antienrs paintingfortha Prieft, place in one ofhis hands, adiallor marrinds compaffe, and in the otherthe funne. The compaffe,to fhew,thar he fhouldbethe loaditoneofthe Commonwealth.The fuse, that he mightgiue fuch cleere.light, that no tonguemight be able to taxe him : That they mightmakegoodthat fayingefPythagaroidxerfusfoiemnele- gaarts. Andbecaufèthe cloudsofthe earth fhould nor darken the pureneffe of their light, God didordaiàe, that in the land of Promife, thofeofthe tribeof Leui, towhom the Priefthood did appertaine, fhould haue no inheritance allot- ted vnto them. Whothen (will youfay) fhalltfindahem foodeand rayment:' It is anfwered, The Lordhimfelfe is the;r inheritance. Theyhadthe Lords portiona- mongft them, anddidinioy the fruitsoftheearth without any labour. . 4%la- borauerunts&vosin lahorens&yang introiliù. The 'Priefthoo`d'.ferued them (as Peliefiota faith) asa Mediatour betwixt God and ratan, being bound to feriaeand honourthe one,and to correâ,and'inftrud theother. And therefore thisDo- Etorfaith, That thePrieftoughttobe all eyes , and onely blind to Couetouf- nefTe. But many haue turned theireyes intonayles,to fcrátchand fcrape toge- theragreatdealt ofwealrh. ludoáut ofcouetoufneffe fold rhe Sauiourofthe world. And wouldtoGod he had frayedthere. But whenhereturnedrthe mo- neyto theTemple, herecommendedcouetoufrteffe to the Priefts, and making themheiresof all thathe hai,heleft nothingforhimfelfe, (as theBifhopofHo- ftia hash obferued) but a haltertohang himfelfe. Hence it cornmeth topaffe,thatthe firft fiepofa Prieft,is Couetoufneffe,and euenthe fill} delire,wherewith he entreth into thofefacred Orders. And when hegets inby thisdoro,youmay giuehim forloft,andcount him the childof per- dition. Ezechielpaintingforth the abhominations ofthe Temple, places at the entranceofthegate; the Idoll ofZeale . TheSeuenty interpretir, Statatmpofi- debitts, To wit,the1dollofAuarice. Andifthemote ofall euill be placed thus atthe enrrance,it is not muchthat the Temple fhould be full ofabhominations within. The fecondoccafion, was the Priefts cloaking ofthistheir Auarice, with the colour ofHolinefTe,>and fern iceofGod. And tomake of fca[tdalls, feruices Gods breaft couldnot brookeit. Iris thd commonfa(hionoftheworld to dif- guilealye, with an apparenceoftruth, and to dawbe vice with the colour of vertue ; Thefeare the ordigaryimpoftures of Hypocrifie. But tomehold them tobe fohurtfull,that ifthey fhouldbe fufferedand borne withall anylong time, the world wouldbevtrerly vndone by it. That awoman fhoulddiffemble her euill feature,andthe fowlenes of her skin, with rich andwellmadeclothes, and with borrowed colours, and that her beautybeing not her owne, buta falfhood and lye from the head to the foot ; the fhouldmake it toappeare as a truth: That aMerchant fhould carrythename of a very rich and wealthy man, though he owe greatdeale more than he isworth : That a Huckfter fhould fell Barajas Olinesfor thole ofSeuill, &c. Let it-paffe,cAtandasinmalignopofìtuseft : itisa naughty world. But that anApothecary fhouldput vponaboxeof poyfon,a Ro- tulo, or writtenScroll ofwholefomephyfick,and fay rats banc is fugar, it isnot a thing robe indurcc.Leffearewe to lifer deceitsinthemedicinsandconfeEìi- ons forthefoulc.He that fhould have feen the beafts,thebirds,theboord , ßt the (tore ofmoney that was rhre, and the great noyfe ofthe facri6cesthat were theretobe made, would haue thought it had beene the Priefts zeale, diuine worfhip, a relieuingofthe poore, and aneafing ofthofe that camea farte offto P.3 the 449 Nxmb. i t. Cduetoufne, w°rli,when cloked with a n,cwofholi. nelle.
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